WCNY

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Central New York’s only classical music station Classic FM HD radio provides listeners with live, locally hosted classical music programs. The station also features concerts from around the world six nights per week, opera from the Metropolitan Opera and other companies on Saturdays, archival programs of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra and specialty programs including Broadway, Italian-American music, jazz and bluegrass.

Classic FM is available on 91.3 in Syracuse, 89.5 in Utica/Rome and 90.9 in Watertown, the North Country and the Kingston area and in streaming audio. Click here to visit the Classic FM page, which includes the Classic FM playlist.

You can find the Classic FM Top 40 Listener Favorites here.

Series

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294 Pieces

Feminine Fusion is a free weekly 1-hour radio program that highlights the influence of women in classical music. These are the women throughout history and into the present day who create, perform, and inspire. Composer/announcer Diane Jones of WCNY-FM in Syracuse, NY is your host, and every week showcases some of these remarkable women.

  • From: WCNY
  • Updated: Jul 25, 2022

Latest Pieces

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Never underestimate the power of women working together! This week we’ll take a listen to performances from all-female ensembles. From small grou...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
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She wrote operas and Masses, solos and chamber works. She counted Tchaikovsky & Dvorak among her friends. And she led women in song from her pris...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
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Conductors, educators, artistic directors – these are women of color who are leaders in the classical music world. We’ll share some of their music...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 58:29
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This week, pairing women's music with women's poetry, from Emily Dickinson and Maya Angelou, to Margaret Bonds and Jennifer HIgdon.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
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Get ready for another Patchwork Quilt episode! What’s the thread that ties it all together? Just great music from outstanding women who are compo...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2021
  • Length: 58:29
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Let's sound the horns! This week, compositions and performances from women featuring the brass. Solos and chamber works abound.

  • Added: Jan 08, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
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Few people set out to be a groundbreaker. But when they break down a barrier, their influence becomes far-reaching. The women on today's program ...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2021
  • Length: 58:29
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This week on Feminine Fusion, some elemental opposites. We’ll hear performances and works by women inspired by Fire and Ice.

  • Added: Dec 25, 2020
  • Length: 58:30
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Munia Khan writes - “We wait for the new year to appear to us like the hopeful sun bringing aspiring light to an eager world.” Well, the new yea...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2020
  • Length: 58:29
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"People say that the soul, on hearing the song of creation, entered the body, but in reality the soul itself was the song." - 14th Century Sufi poe...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 58:29